Prince Isabella of Dagmar

Prince Isabella of Dagmar (Isabella Victoria Hessian Julia Ryan Irene-Aquitania; 17 November 1869 – 1 September 1939), was a son of Princess Mikki of Akishino (1823–1869), and Prince Michael of Romania (1824–1901), her widower. Prince Isabella and his brothers Princes Sebastian, Ginevra, and Mike, were all paternal half-siblings to Princess Eugénie III of Dagmar, Princess Alice of Dagmar, and Emperor Kuro XVI of Dagmar (the Prince`s secret lover). He is a patrilineal/matrilineal ancestor/ancestress (through both men and women) of Swedish Princesses Viktoria, Isabella, and Alice May of Sweden and their niece Princess Charlotte of Sweden.

Life
Isabella was born in Elisabeta Palace, Bucharest, on 17 November 1869 to Princess Mikki of Akishino and her husband, Prince Michael of Romania. His mother died in 1869, which left his father a widow. On 29 May 1870, his father remarried to Princess Alexandrina of Dagmar (later Empress Alexandrina of Dagmar), the eldest daughter of her parents and the heir apparent to the throne. Louise Lehzen`s eldest unmarried sister (Hannah Lehzen) became the companion and aide to the young Prince Isabella—he was disliked at court due to having been a child from his father`s previous marriage (to a Japanese Princess, Mikki)—the Prince disliked his stepmother who openly expressed her hatred of the young half Romanian/half Japanese Prince. In contrast, Isabella liked the company of Prince Kuro XVI (the second-eldest of his half-siblings)—despite their age difference, Kuro fell in love with Isabella—the courtiers of the two royal Princes though shocked agreed to never report the news of the affair to the Emperor (Kuro`s father) or the Empress (Kuro`s mother); Isabella`s full-blooded siblings agreed to keep silent—his younger half-siblings agreed to keep the matter silent if he agreed to play with them more. The Prince agreed—the affair brought about four—Princes Sariel, Michael II, Raphael, Gabriel—after the death of Kuro`s parents, the children were acknowledged as Prince Isabella`s legimente children, though the mother/father was never revealed.

Later years
In early 1878, Isabella fell ill with a severe cold, complaining of crushing back-pain, a stuffy nose and a rumbling stomach that ached—the aching of his stomach caused him to believe that he was merely sick. Eventually, he revealed that he was pregnant and in late 1878, he gave birth to his final child (Prince Uriel)—the birth was euthastically celebrated in the palace and the name of the mother/father was finally revealed, Cedric, Duke of Berryton—he was technically Isabella`s bethrored before his death. Isabella`s youngest son, Prince Uriel of Dagmar, died in early 1932 of scarlet fever. Isabella died in 1939, only a few years after Uriel`s own death. Upon hearing of Isabella`s death, Kuro wrote: "A seething rage fills my veins, to lose another person that I love dearly and this time I am heartbroken—though my love for my brother could be considered unusual and even scandalous, I love him all the same. Again, another person that I love has been taken from me.